Method of making imitation pigskin gloves



Aug. 15, 1933. s M gA 1,922,507

METHOD OF MAKING IMITATION PIGSKIN GLOVES Filed June 2, 1933 '0 I c 1 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEYS Fatented Aug. 15, 1933 v iii ii lihlfi STATES PATENT OFFICE METHOD MAKING IMITATION PIGSKIN 1 GLOVES Sylvan M. Straus, Gloversville, N. Y.

Application June 2, 1933. Serial No. 673,996 3 Claims. (01. 41-24) My invention relates to a new and improved pieces conforming to the shape of the body of a method of ma 11g imitation pigskin gloves. glove, the fingers, th thumb-110185, 61304 One of the objects oi invention is to pro- According to my invention, all of the glove ride an improved method, which shall minimize pieces, which consist of the tranks 1 audio, the the cost of manufacture. thumb-pieces 2 and 2a, and the fourchettes F,

Another object of my invention is to provide a are placed upon a long paper roll P. This roll of glove, having uniform pattern, without any paper P may be of any desired length, and any distortion which results the stretching of desired number of such units can be pasted or the skin. otherwise caused to adhere or to be connected to,

19 Anotherobject of my invention to provide a said P 4 T011! The Pieces Of lfiothel a be method, in which all the parts of the glove, or connected to the paper, by means of any suitsome of so caused to adhere. to. a able ad siv Cement, so that Said 1016685 0f sheet of per, to then feed the paper, to l h r n b r y r v d fr the p p gether with the attached pieces of skin, through Whenever desired.

15 a machine which a pr ck point so that Prior to co necti t pieces v leat to the ed in a uniiori and reliable paper, the leather or skin has been completely m- 1;; not distorted by any manipulated and cut so as to form the glove trank. That is, the operations of dyeing, cutting down on the abrasive wheel, and all the operations which have been previously mentioned, have 7 5 illustrates a prefe ed embodiment thereof, it he b 00111101615651 before the Pieces Of leather r ing understood ti caused to adhere to the paper objects of my it ..tion is intended to generally It will be noted that the units for each glove explain the same, without limiting it in any are assembled in the manner which is shown in manner. Fig. 1.

1 is a plan view showing the various parts The p p With the adhering strips o leather,

oi the glove located upon the surface of a sheet is then d through the Perforating machine,

of paper. and over the pricking die, which may be of the sectional. view on the line 2 2 of or i ry and w ll kn w yp the pattern is to; manner, and t of the subs 9 Fig. 1. i The pattern which is thus formed, is regular Fig 3 is 1315,11 view shgwing a t of glove and uniform, because the stretching of the leathwith the pattern. or is prevented by the adherence of each leather li-leretoiore, in making imitation pigskin gloves, strip to the p p Which is Substantially not the gloves have been made from any suitable type stretchable- Any Suitable, flexible, and heavy of skin, such as sheepskin, goatskin, and deer Paper can be lltilized- 9O skin. The skin. was pricked, punched, and em- Y the 0161 method p v u y t D d, e e bossed, so as to imitate the natural hair-holes Was a Waste 0f at least One-half a foot to threeof genuine kin, quarters of a foot of leather, on almost every 5 labie stretch occurred, which completely distorted litter the skins thus been formed with the Skin; d this Waste was Very expensive pattern, the skin was dyed, it was cut down by Llkewlse the (he frequent? produced Work means of an abrasive Wheel to the propel. Weight WhlCh overlapped, thus produclng a waste of anand in this cutting down or wearing down of the g ggggg g z gg mptho ,1 tho Waste is skin, a tremendous and variable and uncontroly v substantially eliminated, and a very substantial i. economy is secured.

the t Likewise, according to the improved method The 5km was then manipulated by the glove herein disclosed, the leather in the trank condicutter, and it was again moistened and stretched tion has been thinned, t t h d, d manipulatin both directions, which additionally distorted ed for cutting d no more of these operations 50 the le are necessary after the pricking has been comp to hi time, h glove w n wn i h pleted, so that the pattern which is formed by the trade as a glove trank, this being a piece or secpricking of the finished glove, remains clear and tion of leather, having dimensions of approxiuniform throughout the glove. mately nine inches by ten inches. This trank was According to the improved method, I prefer then ready for the press-die which cut out the to use a prick die for forming the pattern, instead of using a perforating die. This prick die has points which form depressions in the skin, and these depressions constitute the pattern.

The prick die which is used, is large enough so as to form the pattern upon all the pieces of leather which are shown in Fig. 1, said pieces of leather constituting the parts for a complete glove.

Referring to Fi 3, the pattern is referred to by the points D, and any suitable pattern could be utilized.

Referring to the operations prior to the pricking of the pattern, these operations may be designated as the finishing operations for the leather.

That is, the finishing operations refer to those operations which would stretch the leather, or distort or aiiect the pattern in any manner, if such operation were performed subsequent to the formation of the pattern.

Instead of using a machine, the flat prick-die could be pressed upon each set of the assembled parts which are shown in Fig. 1, so as to simultaneously form the depressions D upon each of said parts. The use of a single prick die for simultaneously forming the pattern upon all the pieces of leather produces a regular and uniform pattern.

While I have referred to the mounting of the pieces of leather upon a sheet of paper, the base or mounting material may be cloth or any other suitable material. Likewise, the base material (paper or the like) need not be absolutely unstretchable.

I have shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, but it is clear that numerous changes and omissions could be made without departing from its spirit.

I claim:

l. A method of making an imitation pigskin glove, which consists in finishing the leather, cutting the leather into parts corresponding to a glove, connecting these parts to a sheet of paper, and subjecting the pieces of leather to a pricking operation, while they are so connected to the piece of paper.

2. A method of making an imitation pigskin glove, which consists in connecting finished pieces of leather to a sheet of paper so as to substantially prevent any stretch of said pieces of leather, and then pricking a pattern in said pieces of leather.

3. A method of making an imtation pigskin glove, which consists in appiying to a sheet of aper the pieces of leather which correspond to a glove, said pieces of leather being in the finished form. and then simultaneously pricking a patternin all said pieces of leather.

SYLVAN M. STRAUS. 

